From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2007-07-19T02:23:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Requiring Files while working Remotely

El Jul 18, 2007, a las 4:51 PM, Parv G. escribi�:

> I'm trying to execute a script on my local machine which requires a  
> file
> on a remote machine.  When i run the program on my local machine i get
> an error saying that ruby couldn't load a file that is being  
> required by
> file on remote machine; both of these files are in the same directory
> (on the remote machine).
> Here's the error:
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
> `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- ExcelModule.rb
> (LoadError)
>   from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
> `require'
>   from \\3833-9-CCC-w520\AutoLib\TestBed.rb:49
>   from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
> `gem_original_require'
>   from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
> `require'
>   from Registration.rb:7
>
> Everything works fine when i work directly on the remote machine.
>
> Both of the machines have same version of ruby.  Both are windows xp
> sp2.

The regular library loading mechanism assumes a local filesystem.  
Just copy that missing file locally.

-- fxn

PS: Loading a remote library would involve two steps:

   1. downloading the actual file

   2. eval'ing its contents somehow

That's technically possible, but you'd need to do it by hand. I think  
this technique is not what you are looking for nonetheless, copying  
the missing file to that second machine is the easiest approach if  
that's valid.